HERSHEY, Pa., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced that it will release its second quarter sales and earnings results on July 21, 2005, and hold a conference call with analysts at 8:00 a.m. ET on that date. The Company will webcast live its second quarter conference call with slides via the Hershey corporate website at www.hersheys.com. Please go to the Investor Relations section of the website for further details.

SOURCE  The Hershey Company
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    /CONTACT:  Media, Stephanie Moritz, +1-717-534-7641, or Financial, James
Edris, +1-717-534-7556, both of The Hershey Company/
    /Web site:  http://www.hersheys.com/
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CO:  The Hershey Company
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